单词 | white-skin |
释义 | white-skinadj.n. Of clothing or material: (perhaps) having, resembling, or characterized by, a white skin. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > whiteness or fairness > [adjective] whiteOE fairc1175 whitelya1387 blonde1481 whitelewe1495 fair-faced1553 buttermilk1606 lilied1614 white-skin1634 light-complexioned1770 leucous1842 blondine1867 blonde-complexioned1881 leucodermic1926 blondish1961 1634 F. Quarles Mildreiados in Divine Poems (rev. ed.) 526 The course-grain'd Lockrom, and the white-skin Lawne Are both subjected to the selfesame Fate. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. i. 21 Gae get my Sunday's Coat.., My Whyt-skin Hose, and Mittans for my Hands. 1823 J. Kennedy Poems & Songs 85 Wauking some wife's white skin blankets, Or some flannel. B. n. Originally and chiefly U.S. A white person. Usually contrasted with redskin n. Now somewhat dated. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun] white mana1398 Christian1622 European1666 white-face1684 long knife1784 buckra1794 sahib1796 white-skin1803 whitey1811 Pakeha1817 papalagi1817 paleface1823 whitefellow1826 Abelungu1836 haole1843 gringo1849 lightiea1855 umlungu1859 mzungu1860 heaven-burster1861 ladino1877 mooniasc1880 Conchy Joe1888 béké1889 ofay1899 ridge runner1904 Ngati Pakeha1905 kelch1912 pink1913 leucoderm1924 fay1927 Mr Charlie1928 pinkie1935 devil1938 wonk1938 oaf1941 grey1943 paddy1945 Caucasoid1956 Jumble1957 Caucasian1958 white boy1958 pinko-grey1964 honky1967 toubab1976 palagi1977 1803 W. Ward Let. 27 Dec. in Evangelical Intelligencer May (1809) 243 Several young persons have been added to us in this city, who..(though despised by the white skins) are likely to be much more useful than many who value themselves..on their English blood. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. xiv. 212 'Twould have been..an inhuman act for a white-skin; but 'tis the..natur' of an Indian. 1874 Cape Monthly Mag. 9 13 The red Bushman looks down upon the black-man quite as much as any orthodox white skin does. 1941 Washington Post 8 Mar. 4/1 Pesky redskins doublecrossing whiteskins and lovemaking with a Western accent. 2003 J. Sharpe Dakota Death Rattle xvii. 158 The Lakota will grant three sleeps during which these whiteskins have safe passage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1634 |
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